Swimmer Reaches Her Goal

A Mentor, Ohio, woman has completed her 325-mile swim of the Allegheny River, a month after beginning her journey. 21-year-old Katie Spotz reached Point State Park, where the Allegheny and Monogahela rivers form the Ohio, at just before noon today. She now plans to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, some 2,500 miles from West Africa to South America, in December to raise money and awareness for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, a nonprofit whose goal is to bring clean drinking water to the estimated 1 billion people worldwide who don't have it.

To see a picture of Katie in Coudersport, go to Solomon's Words.